Cheng Zi was responsible for serving the ink and documents and often stood in attendance in Lizheng Hall, but this was the first time she was questioned.
She was stunned for quite a while before panicking back to her senses: "I, I think... Every nation has its laws, every family has its rules, and Mr. Lv did nothing much wrong—"
Deng Liao interrupted her with a chuckle: "The female officer is still too naive; offending a concubine and misconduct at the imperial court are both serious offenses."
"Ignorance is not a crime," Cheng Zi said.
"Whether one knows or not is not up to him," Deng Liao dismissed her notion.
"That may not be the case," Tang Xiaobai suddenly spoke up, having already made a decision in her mind, "In this matter, since we have the upper hand, we need not spare them—"
"Instruct the Imperial Censor to impeach, saying that peculiar favoritism in Liluo Palace suppresses virtuous people, which is not the image of a wise ruler during prosperous times!"
